Auction Frenzy Resumes As Fall Arrives

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Peter D. Meltzer
Issue: November 30, 2006

Call it déjà vu, all over again. The first sales of the fall wine-auction season were a mirror image of the past six months. Single-cellar offerings of pristine provenance generated record prices. Large-format bottlings of classic claret sent bids over the top, and moderately estimated petits châteaux found a welcome constituency.

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